Changeable feature doll



Dec. 8, 1953 E. w. BAGGOTT CHANGEABLE FEATURE DOLL 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 15. 1950 INVENTOR EDMUMD W. EAGGOTT M &M

ATTORNEY$ Dec. 8, 1953 E. w. BAGGOTT CHANGEABLE FEATURE DOLL 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Aug. 15, 1950 INVENTOR EDMUND W. BAGGOTT BY M ii 44 M ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 8, 1953 CHANGEAEIJE FEATURE DOLL.

Edmund W. Baggott. New .York, My, assignor toldeal Toy Corporatirm, a corporation of, N ew York,

Application August 15, 1950, Serial No. 179,419

3 Glaims.

My invention relates to a new and improved doll which has movable lips and improved means for operating the same.

One or the objects of my invention is to provide the head of the doll with flexible material at the mouth portion thereof and to provide improved means for flexing and otherwise distorting said flexible material in order to simulate various expressions whi"h are produced by movement of the lips of the head of the doll adjacent the mouth.

Another object of this invention is to provide a doll of this type which can be made and assembled at low cost and which is of simple and relatively sturdy construction.

Another object of this invention is to provide a doll of this type which has a compressible body either in whole or in part, whereby the compression of said body will operate the flexible ma terial at the mouth portion of the head.

Other objects of my invention will be apparent in the annexed description'and drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment thereof.

In the drawings,

Fig. l is a side elevation partially in vertical section;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the. insert which is used for operating the. lips, said insert being shown separated from the doll;

Fig. 3' shows the normal open position of the 1 mouth of the doll;

Fig. 4 illustrates the doll with mouth closed; and

Fig. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the important parts of the insert.

The doll is made with a compressible body 1 which has a skin or outer covering which is made of any suitable flexible material. Fig. 1 illustrates that the body 5 has interior compressible stuifing. The invention is not limited to these details or to other details later stated herein because the body i can be non-compressible provided that access is provided in order to operate the body portion of the insert. The doll has a head 2 which is made either wholly of flexible material, or which is made of flexible material at its mouth portion. The doll head 2 has a nose 3, an upper lip 4, and a lower lip 5. The flexible. wall of said head 2 has a re-entrant and flexible mouth portion between the lips i and 5. A tongue 6 is integral with said re-entrant mouth portion intermediate the upper lip i and the lower lip 5. In the preferred embodiment, the entire head 2 has an outer skin or covering which is made of flexible material and said head has a compres- 2 sible stufiing. 2a.. Theneclr portion of the. head is provided with an insert 7 which is made of. wood or other hard material. The bottom portion of thehead 2 is fixed to the, neck-insert i by means of staples or any other securing means. A head insert 8 is made of plastic or other material which is substantially rigid and non-bendable. The head insert 8 is fixed to the neck-insert l by means of an intermediate connecting part 9. As shown in Fig. 5, this part 9 has a base it, equal lateral lugs H which are provided with respective holes 52 and identical upstanding lugs 14 and Ma. The lugs M and Ma are provided with respective recesses l5 and [5a, which have internal shoulders, one of which is indicated by the reference numeral [6 in Fig. 5. At one end thereof, the base H3 is provided with an upstanding lug H.

The head insert 8 is provided at its lower end with a notch or recess I8. The insert 8 is provided with, respective lateral lugs I9 and 19a, which are identical. Each said lateral lug i9 and. tile is provided with a respective. openins- 1. of said openings is shown in Fig. 5 and itisiclentifiecl'by the. reierence, numeral 26.. Reinforcing wings areprovided for said lugs 19 and Illa. These reinforcing wings are identical and they are. integral with the respective lateral lug l9. or 9a andv the respective vertical wall of the insert 8.

The. insert 8 is hollow. In order to assemble the insert ii and the member 9, the lugs Ii! and 29aare superposed upon the lugs l l, so that the holes 20 register vertically with the respective holes H2. The lugs 9 and E90. are then fixed to the respective lugs H by means of screws or other fastening members. These screws or other fastening members also enter suitable. recesses of the neck-insert 7, so that the members 8 and 8 arethus fixedly rigidly to each other and to the neck-insert l.

The.le.ver. 2% is provided. with integral pivot pins 2202, which are located turnably in they recesses l5 and Ed. The lever 2! has a, front end 28a. and a rear end portion 22 which has a slot or opening 23. When the pivot. members 22a are assembled in the pivot recesses l5 and 15a and the lever'zi is in the position of Fig. 1, the slot or opening 23 is superposed relative to the slot or opening 2' 3 of the. base Id of the connecting part 8.

A resilient wire 25 extends through the superposed openings 23 and 24. The upper end of said wire is fixedto a head 26 which is fixed to omitted, normally maintains the lever 2i in the position shown in Fig. 1. This corresponds to the normal open position of the mouth which is open in Fig. 3. A part of the wire 25 extends through a flexible and resilient sleeve 28 which can be made from a helical coil of wire. The lower end of the sleeve 28 abuts the upper end of a body insert 29, which is also made of rigid plastic or other suitable rigid material. As shown in Fig. 5, the body insert as has a lower end portion 3i) and a ring-shaped part 3i, whose inner wall is provided with a series of circumferential recesses R. Such ring-shaped part 3! is provided with a vertical wall 32 which has a slot or opening 33. A hollow pivoted member 34 is made of plastic or other rigid material. This member 35 is provided with spaced tongues 35 and 35a and said member E l is provided with a slot 35 at the inner ends of said tongues 35 and 35a.

In making the assembly which is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the tongues 35 and 35a are extended through the slot 33. As best shown in Fig. 5, the base portion 3i of insert 23 has the laterally separated vertical edges and 39b. The member is provided with edges 35a and 342). When the assembly of Fig. l and Fig. 2 is made, the edges id and 3 3?) are located between the walls 3 3a and Sill), so that the lower part of the member 3-; fits snugly between the vertical lateral walls eta. and 3th of the base 36. A pivot pin 3? extends through the alined openings 38 and 3d, when the parts 35 and 2% are assembled. When the parts are assembled, lug ll enters recess ii A bellows member 43 is located in a can 4|, made of plastic or other suitable rigid material. This can ll has lips 32, by means or which a bayonet joint connection can be made between the flange of the ring 35 and the can 4!. The rear end of the can i! is provided with openings 43 in order to permit air to enter and pass out of the can cl The full-line position of the member 34 which is shown in Fig. l is its normal position. When the member 35 is turned to the brokendine position illustrated in Fig. 1 by squeezing the body at the member the bellows member All is compressed, while air is forced outwardly through the openings 33. This operation of the bellows produces no sound. However, when the pressure on the member 34 is released, such member 34 is automatically returned to its full-line position by means of the spring ita of the bellows and by the optional spring 2? and the spring action of the lip 5, thus producing a crying sound or other selected sound. The bellows device it is provided with the usual voice 55 for this purpose. The lower end of the wire 25 is fixed to the bottom wall 34d of the member 35 by any suitable means 340. For this purpose the bottom wall 36d may be conventionally provided with a vertical hole through which said wire 25 extends.

when the member 3 is operated to its broken-line position of l, the lever 2! is turned clockwise as it is viewed in Fig. 1, thus raising the lower lip 5 and closing the mouth as illustrated in Fig. 4. The expression of the flexible face of the head 2 is thus changed. Optionally, the member 8 can be provided with a depending yoke 5a and the interior wall of the head can be provided with an upstanding lug L. When the parts are assembled, the lugs 8a and L abut each other and the lug 8a is in front of the lug L, thus d preventing an accidental forward displacement of the lug L and the tongue 6.

The bottom face of the neck-insert l is preferably provided with a cup C made of metal or other suitable material which optionally has a liner Ca made of compressible material such as cardboard. The cup C and the liner Ca are releasably fixed to the bottom face of the neckinsert 1 by means of a fastening member 51 Said cup C bears against the stuffing in the body and provides a bearing surface for turnability for the neck-insert 1 relative to said body, While substantially limiting other movements of the neckinsert 7 and hence of head 2 relative to the body.

The head 2 is turnable relative to the body I around the vertical axis of the wire 25. The entire head and its assembled parts can thus be turned in unison relative to the body without interfering with the operation of the lips and other flexible parts of the head 2, because the resilient wire 25 can be easily twisted.

I have described a preferred embodiment of my invention, but numerous changes and omissions and additions can be made without departing from its scope.

I claim:

1. A doll comprising a hollow, compressible, vertically extending body which has a top opening, a hollow head which has a bottom opening and which extends into the top opening of said body, the front wall of said head having a flexible and resilient and re-entrant Wall portion, means securing said head to said body so that said head is turnable relative to said body about a vertical axis, said securing means including a rigid neck-insert positioned within said bottom opening of said head and also within said top opening of said body, the peripheral side wall of said insert being fixed to the peripheral side wall of the head opening, said neck-insert having a vertical and axial aperture, a head lever turnably mounted in said head, a support, means substantially'fixedly mounting said support within said body, a body member mounted on said support movable and in a fixed path relative thereto, a wire extending through said apertureand extending substantially vertically and connected at its respective ends to said head lever and said body member, said head lever having a portion adapted to engage said re-entrant wall, said body member having a portion accessible by squeezing of a selected portion of said body to manipulate said body member and hence said wire and said head lever, whereby said head lever engages and moves said re-entrant wall, said wire being twistable about its axis so that said head and said neck-insert can be turned around a vertical axis relative to said body while twisting said wire and while maintaining said body member movable relative to said support in said fixed path.

2. A doll comprising a hollow, compressible, vertically extending body which has a top opening, a hollow head which has a bottom opening and which extends into the top opening of said body, the front wall of said head having a flexible and resilient and re-entrant wall portion, means securing said head to said body so that said head is turnable relative to said body about a vertical axis, said securing means including a rigid neck-insert positioned within said bottom opening of said head and also within said top opening of said body, the peripheral side wall of said insert being fixed to the peripheral side wall of the head opening, said neck-insert having a vertical and axial aperture, a head lever, means supported by said neck-insert and mounting said head lever intermediate its ends within said head so that said head lever is turnable about a substantially horizontal axis, one end of said lever abutting the lower part of said re-entrant portion, stop means mounted on said neck insert and abutting the upper part of said re-entrant portion, a support, means substantially fixedly mounting said support within said body, a body lever turnably mounted intermediate its ends on its support for movement about a further substantially horizontal axis, a wire extending through said aperture and extending substantially vertically and connected at its respective ends to the other end of said head lever and to one end of said body lever, the other end of said body lever being accessible by squeezing of a selected portion of said body to move said body lever in a direction to lower said wire and hence move said lower part of said mouth portion upwardly, said wire being twistable about its axis so that said head and said neck-insert can be turned around a Vertical axis relative to said body while twisting said Wire and while main- 6 taining said body lever turnable about said further substantially horizontal axis.

3. A doll in accordance with claim 1, said doll also including spring means connected between one of said levers and the respective supporting means therefor so as normally to urge said wire upwardly.

EDMUND W. BAGGOTT.

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